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1 Cor. ii. 8. The Lord of glory. Jam. ii. 1.

1 Tim. iii. 16. He was received up into glory.

Heb. i. 3. The brightness of the Father's glory.

1 Pet. i. 21. God received him up, and gave him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.

Rev. i. 6. To him be glory and dominion for ever. See Mark x. 37. John vii. 39.-xii. 16, 23.-xiii. 31.-xvii. 24. Acts xiii. 3. Gal. ì. 5. 2 Pet. iii. 18. See Christ shall judge the world.

CHRIST'S EXALTATION.

IV. Christ's exaltation at God's right hand. Ps. cx. i. The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy foot-stool. Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 34. 1 Cor. xv. 25. Isa. lii. 13. He shall be exalted and extolled.

Mark xvi. 19. The Lord was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

Acts vii. 55. Stephen full of the Holy Ghost, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God.

Eph. i. 20. He set him on his own right hand.

Col. iii. 1. Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Heb. i. 3. Who sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. viii. 3. We have an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.

x. 12. He for ever sat down on the right hand of God.

xii. 2. On the right hand of the throne of God.

1 Pet. iii 22. Who is on the right hand of God. Ch. iv. 3. Rev. iii. 21. I am set down with my Father in his throne. V. The same otherwise expressed thus. Ps. viii. 5. Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour. Heb. xxvii. 9. Rev. xix. 12. lxxxix. 19. I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

John vi. 62. Ye shall see the son of man, ascend up where he was before.

Acts ii. 33. Jesus being by the right hand of God exalted, hath shed forth this which ye now see, and hear. See Christ's power, also his kingly office, his works.

Acts v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his right hand.

Phil. ii. 9. God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name, which is above every name.

VI. Christ exalted above mankind. Ps. cxviii. 22. The stone which the builders refused is become the head of the corner. Ver. 23. This is the Lord's doing, it is marvellous in our eyes. Matt. xxi. 42. Acts iv. 11. 1 Pet. ii. 7.

lxxxix. 27. I will make him my first born higher than the kings of the earth.

Matt. xxiii. 8. One is your master, even Christ.

Rom. viii. 29. That he might be the first born among many brethren. Heb. i. 2. Appointed heir of all things.

1 Cor. xi. 3. The head of every man is Christ. Eph. iv. 15. Eph. i. 23. God gave him to be the head over all things, to the

church.

iv. 15. May grow up into him, which is the head, even Christ.

Eph. v. 23. Christ is the head of the church.

XXIV. The church is subject to Christ. Matt. iii. 11. He is great

er than John the Baptist.

xii. 6. Greater than the temple.

Ver. 41. Greater than Jonas.

Ver. 42. Greater than Solomon.

Heb. iii. 3. Worthy of more glory than Moses.

VII. Christ exalted above angels. Ps. viii. 6. Thou hast put all things under his feet. Cor. xv. 27. Eph. i. 22.

Eph. i. 17. The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory.

Ver. 20. Raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand.

Ver. 21. Far above all principality and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.

i. 22. And hath put all things under his feet.

Phil. ii. 9. God hath given him a name, which is above every

name.

Ver. 10. That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth.

Col. ii. 10. Ye are compleat in him, which is the head of all principality and power.

Heb. i. 4. Made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Ver. 5. Unto which of the angels said he at any time, thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? Ps. ii. 7.

Ver. 13. To which of the angels said he at any time, sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy foot-stool? Ps. cx. i.

ii. 5. Unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to

come.

Ver. 8. Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet, for in that he put all things under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. See Christ worshipped.

CHAP. VI.

DIVINE TITLES GIVEN TO CHRIST.

I. CHRIST is the Son of God. Ps. ii. 7. Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

Ver. 12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish.

lxxxix. 27. I will make him my first born, higher than the kings of the earth.

Isa. ix. 6. Unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulders.

Matt. iii. 17. A voice from heaven, saying, this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matt. viii. 29. The devils cried out, saying, what have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Son of God.

Luke i. 32. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the highest.

Ver. 35. He shall be called the Son of God.

John i. 34. I saw and bare record, that this is the Son of God.

Ver. 49. Nathanael said, thou art the Son of God.

v. 18. The Jews sought the more to kill him, because he said that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

ix. 35. Jesus said, dost thou believe on the Son of God?

Ver. 37. It is he that talketh with thee.

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x. 36. Say ye, thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God. Ver. 25, 32, 37. Ch. xv. 10.

xix. 7. The Jews said, by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

xx. 17. I ascend to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.

Ver. 31. These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God.

Acts iii. 13. The God of our fathers hath glorified his Son Jesus. Ver. 20. God having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you. viii. 37. The Eunuch said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

ix. 20. Straightway Paul preached Christ, that he is the Son of God.

Rom. i. 3, 4. His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was declared to be the Son of God with power.

viii. 32. He spared not his own Son; but delivered him up to death for us all.

2 Cor. xi. 31. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Col. i. 3. We give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Heb. i. 2. God hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son. 1 Pet. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 John iv. 15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him.

v. 5. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God.

Hence the title of Father so often given to God, by Jesus Christ and others, as in Matt. xi. 25. I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth.

Ver. 27. No man knoweth the Son but the Father.

xxviii. 9. Baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Mark xiii. 32. Of that day knoweth no man, no not the Son, but the Father.

xiv. 36. Abba Father, all things are possible to thee.

Luke x. 22. No man knows who the Father is but the Son.
xxii. 42. Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup.
xxiii. 34. Father forgive them.

· Luke xxiii. 46. Father into thy hands I commend my spirit. John iii. 35. The Father loveth the Son.

v. 23. That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father. 1 John ii. 23. Whoso denieth the Son hath not the Father; and

so in many other places.

II. Christ is distinguished from the created sons of God, by the pecaar epithets of begotten, first and only begotten, first-born, &c.

Ps. ii. 7. Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. lxxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth. Acts xiii. 33. Heb. i. 5.-V. 5.

John i. 14. The only begotten of the Father.

Ver. 18. Which is in the bosom of the Father.

iii. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son. Ver. 18.

Heb. i. 6. When he bringeth in his first begotten into the world, he saith, let all the angels of God worship him.

1 John iv. 9. God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Ch. v. 1. See Rom. viii. 3. Gal. iv. 4. God's own Son.

III. Christ is called the image of God. 2 Cor. iv. 4. Christ who is the image of God.

Col. i. 15. The image of the invisible God.

Phil. ii. 6. Who being in the form of God.

Heb. i. 3. The brightness of the Father's glory, and express image

of his person.

IV. Christ is called God. Isa. vii. 14. Emanuel, God with us. Matt. i. 23.

ix. 6. The mighty God.-lxiii. 1. Mighty to save.

John i. 1. The word was God.

Acts xx. 23. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Rom. ix. 5. Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Phil. ii. 6. He thought it not robbery to be equal with God. Col. ii. 9. In him dwelleth the fullness of the Godhead bodily. 1 Tim. iii. 16. God was manifested in the flesh. Tit. i. 3.

Tit. ii. 10. Adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour.

Ver. 13. Looking for the blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Heb. i. 8. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.

iii. 4. He that built all things is God. See Christ creates.

1 John iii. 16. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us.

v. 20. This is the true God and eternal life.

V. Christ is Lord. Ps. cx. 1. The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy foot-stool. Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 25. Heb. i. 13.

Isa. xl. 3. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord. Matt. iii. 3.

Jer. xxiii. 6. This is his name, wherewith he shall be called, the

Lord our righteousness. In the original it is Jehovah our righteous

ness.

Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Rom. x. 13.

Mal. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant.

Matt. vii. 21. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. Ver. 22. Many will say unto me in that day, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, &c.

xxiv. 42. Watch, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. See ver. 45, 46, 48, 50.

Mark ii. 28. The Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.

Luke ii. 11. Unto us is born a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. v. 8. Peter said, depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. vi. 46. Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which

I say.

xxiii. 42. Lord remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. John vi. 68. Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

xiii. 13. Ye call me master and Lord, and ye say well, for so I am. Acts ii. 36. God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Ver. 38. Repent and be baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Ch. viii. 16.-x. 48.-xxii. 16.

v. 14. Believers were the more added to the Lord.

vii. 59. They stoned Stephen calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus receive my spirit.

ix. 5. The Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

Ver. 10. To Ananias the Lord said, &c. Ver 15, 17. Ch. xviii. 9. Ver. 29. Paul spake boldly in the name of Lord.

Ver. 42. Many believed in the name of the Lord. x. 36. Jesus Christ, he is Lord of all.

xi. 20. They spake, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Ver. 23. Barnabas exhorted, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

xvi. S1. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. xxiii. 8. Crispus believed in the Lord with all his house. Ver. 25. Apollos was instructed in the way of the Lord. xix. 10. All that dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus. Rom. x. 12. The same Lord is rich unto all that call upon him. xiv. 9. Christ both died and rose and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and the living. Acts. x. 36. Lord of all. 1 Cor. ii. 8. and of glory.

1 Cor. i. 10. I beseech you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing.

iii. 5. Ye believed even as the Lord gave to every man.

iv. 4. He that judgeth me is the Lord.

v. 4. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, to deliver such an one unto Satan. Ver. 5. vi. 11. Ye are justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. viii. 6. To us there is one Lord Jesus Christ.

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